Electric candelabrum.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

C. E. WEEKS.

ELECTRIC GANDELABRUM.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE so, 1903.

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)HARLES E. WE IKS, OF PROVI'llENCE, liti-IODE ISLAND, ASS'lGNOR T() GORHAM MANUFACTURING (UMliANY, INCORPURATED, OF PROVI- DENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '?83,73'7', dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed June 30, 1903. Serial No. 163,728.

Be it known that l, (JI-manos E. Vitrinas, a citizen ofthe United States, residing' at Providence, in the county oi' Providence and State et' Rhode lsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Electric `Candelabra, of which the following' is a specification.

'lhis invention has reference to an improvement in electric candelabra, and more particularly to an improvement in the sumiiorting'- tube for the laiiip-socketotI an electric candelabrum.

,ln electric Candelabra as heretofore constructed the supporting-tube extending' upward in the candelabrum has two oppositelydisposed transverse apertures near its upper end. The lamp-socket is secured by screwing' it into the upper end of the supporting-tube, and the lamp-wires extend upward in the tube. ln wiring' it is required to bring' the wires through the apertures in the tube and secure them to the terminals el'I the lampsocket. ln practice it has been found that this construction is detrimental, as it requires time and skill for the electrician to bring' the wires 'from the inside oil the tube through the apertures to the outside oi. the tube to secure them to the lamp-socket.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the operation of wiring' anV electric candelabrum, andl accomplish this object by slitting' the upper end ol the tube downward to form two oppositelydisposed slots having' the lorm ol2 an inverted keyhole and reinforcing' the end by a sleeve on the outside of the tube, the apertures for the wi res bei ng' formed by the lower ends of the slots not covered by the sleeve.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a lami'i-socket-supporting' tube for electric candelal'n'a, having' two oppositely disposed slots extending' downward from the top of the tube and a reinforcing-sleeve en the end of the tube to partly cover` the slots and strengthen the end et the tube, as will be more iully set iorth hereinai'ter.

Figure l is a sectional view in elevation o'l' an electric candelabrum, showing' my improved construction oiE the supporting-tube to 'facilitate thewiring' `from the interior oi the tube to the terminals oi' the lamp-socket. Eig'. 2 is a side View oi' the lamp-socket-supporting' tube .removed from the camlelabrinn, and Fig'. 3 is a sectional view taken length wise throug'h the su pporting'tube and the reinlorcing'sleeve.

ln the drawings, a, represents an electric lamp; ,the lamp-socket; ,the socket-supporting' tube; d, the ornamental iitting'; n a, the wires, and f a cylindrical shell of glass or celluloid, representing' the candle el" an electric camlelabrum. The lamp rt screws into the socket to connect with the terminals lf 7; in the usual way. ',lhe socket 71 has the lower screw-threzuled end. A0" in screw-thread engagement with the interior oi the upper end of the supporting-tube c. Vln the supporting-tube e are the two oppositely-disposed slots c c, having' the shape oi" an inverted keyhole extending' from the upper end ot' the tube downward, and over this end ot' the tube is placed the reinforcing-sleeve fr to partly close the slots c f/ and strengthen the end ol the tube. lhe supporting-tube c has the enlarged lower end o in screw-thread engagement with the upwardly-extending' cylindrical boss d', 'forming' a part ol the litting' (Z, and the shell f, representing a candle, has the contracted upper end j" resting' on the lamp-socket ln assembling' and wiring' the electric candelabrum the supporting-tube c is screwed onto the boss d oi'f the iitting' a', the wires c c are carried upward through the supporting'- tube and bent outward through the slots c d, the reinforcing-sleeve c2 is brought downward over the upper end to partly cover the slots ci c and strengthen the end oi the tube, the lamp-socket is secured into the upper end et' the sul'iporting'tube and the ends of the wires e e are screwed to the socket-terminals 71', the cylindrical shell f is carried downward over the socket and the supportingtube c into the ornamental litting' d and is held in position by the contracted end j" resting' on the socket b, and the lamp ft is secured in the socket k'/ in the usual way,

By the use of my improved supporting-tube less time and skill are required in wiring` and a more'perfeet electric candelabrum is oonstrueted than has heretofore been done.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentm In an electric eandelabrum, the Combination of the lamp (t, the socket having the terminals L 7/ and the lower screw-threaded end 712 in screw-thread engagement with the interior 0f the upper end of the supporting-tube, the su pporting-tube c having the two oppositelydisposed slots d'0' extending downward from its upper end, the reinforcing-sleeve 02 and the enlarged lower end c3 in screw-'thread engngement with the boss d forming a part of the ornamental iitting d, the wires e e in the supporting-tube extending' outward through the slots c' c and secured to the terminals L', and the cylindrical shell f with the contracted upper end f representing a candle, all for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereofl I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. VEEKS.

Vitnesses:

B. S. VEBSTER, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

